Conservative leadership: what happens next in the Rishi Sunak vs Liz Truss contest?

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will fight over the next month to be the UK's next Prime Minister after reaching the final stage of the Conservative Party leadership race.

The former Chancellor and Foreign Secretary have completed in the top two places after five rounds of voting by Tory MPs, with Penny Mordaunt eliminated after a hard-fought contest.

So what happens next?

The bottom two are now turning their attention away from Westminster and are beginning to charm members of the Conservative Party, who will have the final say on who replaces Boris Johnson at No10 in early September.

Their first chance to pitch their case to Tory members - and the general public - came on Monday 25 July, when they argued in a heated BBC primetime debate, hosted by Sophie Raworth.

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The duo clashed over their competing tax plans , Mr Sunak saying Ms Truss risked inflicting 'economic misery' with her lavish promises of short-term borrowing 'on the country's credit card' and also disagreed over their records on Brexit, the Russia and